Chairman of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM),Cheap Jerseys, Dr. Steve Surujbally,Cheap NFL Jerseys China, has beenCommendations being read by Drs. Alfred Benjamin and Kanyuira Gikonyo of the CbVMA’s Conference Committee to a pleased Dr. Steve Surujbally.conferred with the Caribbean Veterinary Medical Association (CbVMA)’s highest award, the Distinguished Veterinarian Award.Dr. Surujbally was officially presented with the award at the Association’s 28th biennial conference in the Grand Cayman earlier this month.The award was bestowed upon him in recognition and appreciation of his years of exceptional contribution to Caribbean Veterinary Practice and the Conferences of the CbVMA.Though easily identified locally as GECOM’s head, Dr. Surujbally, a Hubert H. Humphrey Fellow from the University of California – Davis (1991-1992) who also obtained his?Bachelor’s, Master’s and Doctorate in Veterinary Science,Wholesale NFL Jerseys, at the University of Leipzig,Cheap NFL Jerseys China, Germany, has been a practicing Veterinary Surgeon for almost 46 years.He has several peer-reviewed publications to his credit.At the ceremony, it was noted that Dr. Surujbally has been Guyana’s representative, inter alia, for many years at the International Office of Epizootics (OIE) and at the South American Commission for the Fight against Foot and Mouth Disease (COSALFA).The GECOM Chairman has received several honours and awards in recognition of his invaluable dedication and professional service and achievements.Among them are the Golden Arrow of Achievement – Guyana National Award in 1996; awards from the Guyana Veterinary Association in 2009 and 2011 for invaluable, distinguished, dedicated and professional service; the International Olympic Committee’s Diploma Award in 2000 for his contribution to Ethics in Sports and the NRI Welfare Society’s Mahatma Gandhi Gold Medal Award which was presented in the House of Lords, London, England in 2013.While acknowledging Dr. Surujbally’s contribution in production, research, advisory and consultancy capacities associated with Veterinary Medicine on four continents (Europe, the Americas, Asia and Africa), the CbVMA recognized that he is the longest serving GECOM Chairman.The CbVMA acknowledged too that until recently, Dr. Surujbally was the President of the Association of Caribbean Electoral Organizations.The awardee,Wholesale China Jerseys, in response, expressed gratitude for the honour, especially since it was a decision made by his peers.Among other things, Dr. Surujbally emphasized that the members of the Veterinary Medical fraternity within the Caribbean should maintain professional ethics as an integral part of their day-to-day practice.He urged them to adhere to the tenets associated with solemn oaths and to those objectives enshrined in the Caribbean Veterinary Medical Association’s Constitution, while reaching out and establishing a practical nexus with the Animal Welfare Societies of the Caribbean with whom veterinarians have a common cause in improving the well-being of all animals.At the conference,Wholesale Jerseys, Guyana was unanimously elected to host the twenty-ninth CbVMA conference in 2016. The association’s mace, symbolizing the management of the Association, was handed over to Dr. Surujbally on behalf of Dr. Nicholas Waldron, President of the Guyana Veterinary Association.